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Grenade
The word grenade can mean:
- The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers.
- Tear gas grenades. These are often used for riot control.
- Stun grenades, also known as concussion grenades or flashbang grenades. These make blast only and no shrapnel. They are intended to stun without causing serious injury.
- Shaped explosive projectiles designed to be used with a grenade launcher.
- A symbol representing a stylicized old style of grenade, with a rising flame, featured on the insignia of certain military units such as
- the French Gendarmerie,
- Italian Carabinieri,
- Dutch Koninklijke Marechaussee.
- also used as a charge in heraldry.
- Grenade is the name of a commune in the Haute-Garonne département in France.
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